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Category Archives: Life
Show and Tell
Ready for a picture marathon? November was NaKniSweMo (National Knit a Sweater Month), and I tried to participate in the effort (along with other fans of Stash and Burn). I worked away on my Einstein Sweater, and did manage to … Continue reading
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Cheers!
Hello! I haven’t blogged in so long I could barely remember how to do it! Anyway, I haven’t fallen of the face of the earth, but it HAS been very busy crazy around here. I’ll try to catch you up! … Continue reading
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Show and tell!
It’s Monday, and time for show and tell! I finally caught a picture of that groundhog/woodchuck: She’s on the neighbor’s lawn here, and seems content over there. I filled in the hole, and so far so good. I finished my … Continue reading
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Tagged knitting, knitting machine, Knitting Projects, socks, Wildlife
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The best laid plans of mice and men….
Or should I say woodchucks and squirrels? It’s been a crazy couple of weeks around here, so I’m going to give you a nice pictoral of the action in lieu of a yarn update this week. First, we had this: … Continue reading
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Music, food, and knitting!
Last weekend, we attended the Quad Cities Symphony’s Pops Concert. The program was mostly the music of John Williams (so, of course, utterly fabulous). This year the concert was held in the baseball stadium, since the floods earlier this season … Continue reading
The reveal…..Extreme Bedroom Makeover
Nearly everyone who was to see the room in person has been here, so now I can share my before and after pictures! Before: You will note the mismatched dressers, the shelves attempting to hold my sweaters and other items, … Continue reading
Michael Phelps is my brother.
Yup, that’s my big secret. Ok, quit scratching your head. My brother, Michael Phelps, is a computer programmer in Des Moines, Iowa. He can swim, but more in the ordinary, keep yourself from drowning, kind of way. The family name … Continue reading
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Tagged knitting, olympics, socks, spinning, yarn
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Extreme Makeover: Bedroom Edition
You may be wondering why it is Friday, and there are no yummy hand dyed yarn or fiber pictures. Well, I’ve been a little busy. My husband has been away taking some classes, so it seemed the best time to … Continue reading
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The new ‘Slice of Heaven & Earth’
Winging its way to California at this moment, is a batch of ten of these: Yes, it is the titled yarn, but with a twist. This batch is using my new dyes, so it is much much brighter and … Continue reading
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Tagged hand dyed, new yarn pics, yarn
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Amazing weather….
Anyone watching the news will have perhaps seen a blurb about the weather in Iowa. It has been raining buckets, and nearly everyday for about a month now. We have been blessed with a dry basement, and few actual problems … Continue reading
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